Prince of the City
Prince of the City is a 1981 American epic neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet. It is based on the life of Robert Leuci, called ‘Daniel Ciello’ in the film, an officer of the New York Police Department who chooses, for idealistic reasons, to expose corruption in the force. The screenplay, written by Lumet and Jay Presson Allen, is based on a 1978 non-fiction book, by former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Robert Daley.
Plot
Danny Ciello is a narcotics detective who works in the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) of the NYPD. He and his fellow investigators are called "Princes of the City" because they are largely unsupervised and are given wide latitude to make cases against defendants. They are also involved in numerous illegal practices, such as skimming money from criminals and supplying informants with stolen drugs to resell.
More details
| author | Jay Presson Allen Sidney Lumet |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Sidney Lumet |
| editor | Jack Fitzstephens |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | dirty cop end federal prosecutor heroin internal affairs narcotics detective new york city police academy new york city police department nypd organized crime perjure perjury police academy police corruption skim suicide undercover undercover operation wire |
| musicBy | Paul Chihara |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Burtt Harris |
| productionCompany | Orion Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | mafia neo-noir whistleblowing |